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West Ashley Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1776 Kennerty Dr

Charleston SC, 29407, Charleston County

Phone: 843-763-1546

Ranking:

(736 out of 841, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Charleston County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	25		24		41		35		35		39		33
Total Students:	325		319		306		356		378		403		385
Grade 6:	108	33.2%	115	36.1%	81	26.5%	115	32.3%	108	28.6%	134	33.3%	131	34.0%
Grade 7:	105	32.3%	102	32.0%	111	36.3%	120	33.7%	119	31.5%	112	27.8%	121	31.4%
Grade 8:	112	34.5%	102	32.0%	114	37.3%	121	34.0%	151	39.9%	157	39.0%	133	34.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	174	53.5%	159	49.8%	167	54.6%	182	51.1%	196	51.9%	211	52.4%	200	51.9%
Female:	151	46.5%	160	50.2%	139	45.4%	174	48.9%	171	45.2%	181	44.9%	177	46.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%
Asian:	5	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.1%	5	1.3%	7	1.7%	5	1.3%
Hispanic:	13	4.0%	11	3.4%	13	4.2%	12	3.4%	11	2.9%	13	3.2%	13	3.4%
Black:	250	76.9%	256	80.3%	244	79.7%	268	75.3%	265	70.1%	278	69.0%	280	72.7%
White:	47	14.5%	41	12.9%	42	13.7%	61	17.1%	94	24.9%	100	24.8%	82	21.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	2.5%	8	2.5%	5	1.6%	10	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	245	75.4%	243	76.2%	215	70.3%	241	67.7%	243	64.3%	227	56.3%	213	55.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	5.2%	16	5.0%	34	11.1%	25	7.0%	41	10.8%	32	7.9%	47	12.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.00		13.57		7.48		10.14		10.68		10.40		11.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	59%	73.1%	70.9%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	75.3%	74.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	70.3%	71.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	73.4%	72.2%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	61.8%	72%	70.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	71.6%	69.7%
2013	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	56.5%	75.6%	74.3%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	78%	77.2%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58%	74.6%	75.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.4%	70.4%	70.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	71.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63%	75.9%	72.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	77.8%	73.6%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.2%	75%	71.3%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	60.4%	59.5%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	42.6%	55.4%	56.5%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	53.1%	62.6%	63.9%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	61.3%	60.9%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.3%	64.9%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	39%	70%	66.2%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	40.8%	69.2%	68.3%
2007	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	82.1%	77.1%
2008	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	81%	77.8%
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	79.8%	79.6%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	81.9%	77.6%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.8%	77.8%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	81.3%	78%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	72.9%	70.3%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	74%	71.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	75.2%	74.7%
2003	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	69.2%	70.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	69.3%	71.9%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	72.5%	71.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	70.9%	70.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	70.5%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	75.4%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	71.9%	68.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	71.8%	69.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	69.6%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	72.6%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	70%	76.4%	73.2%
2003	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	67%	68.8%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	69%	71.5%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	68.6%	71.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	71.4%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.3%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	78.3%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	71.5%	69.5%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	66.9%	67%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	67.7%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	72.4%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	72.4%	68.3%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	61.3%	58.8%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	63.4%	62.7%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	60.8%	61.7%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	58.1%	57%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	63.8%	64.8%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49.6%	70%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	71.6%	71.2%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	72.4%	73.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	71.2%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	53.1%	75.8%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	78.6%	75.5%
2003	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	62.3%	58.8%
2004	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	61.6%	60%
2005	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	60.3%	58.7%
2006	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	58.9%	53.9%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	60.9%	57.3%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	41%	59.5%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	54.9%	64.5%	60.3%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	38.9%	62.6%	62%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	64%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	71.3%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	73.5%	68.3%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	74.2%	70.1%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	72.9%	69.7%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67%	80.5%	76.5%
2003	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	65.9%	66.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	74.4%	73.3%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	74.9%	74.7%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	74%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	58%	70.9%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	71.4%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	70.1%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	65.9%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	50%	69.5%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	59%	72.7%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	71.5%	67.5%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	64.2%	67.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	67.5%	67.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	65.5%	66.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	61.9%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.7%	63.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	69.7%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	63.8%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	65.1%	63.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	69%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	67.9%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	74.5%	70.2%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.7%	56.5%	56.8%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	60.3%	58.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	60.9%	60%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	59.4%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	62%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	63.4%	63.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.8%	62.2%	62.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	67.2%	67.7%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	69.9%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	74%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	71.7%	71%
2003	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	61.2%	60.8%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	67.7%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	60.1%	67.5%	66.5%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.5%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	67.2%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	68.2%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	72%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	72%	68.8%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	55%	74.6%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	72.3%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76.7%	71.3%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	69.9%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	74%	71.9%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	69.9%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54%	73.4%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	78.3%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,540.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,669.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,581.0

* West Ashley Middle Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.